This painting describes the search for bush tucker across the Central Desert landscape which is an important part of Aboriginal life.
Gracie (born 1956) specializes in painting the Bush Plum Dreaming, also known to the Alyawarre as Arnwekety. Her style of painting is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colours, which derive from the colours of natural ochres.
The scroll decorated hood having an x banded arch shaped door, resting on a bold upward ogee shaped mould and a long narrow trunk with a matching arched oak door, above another bold ogee shaped mould to the base, resting on the original ogee shaped bracket feet.
The clock dial recently cleaned and touched up having a painted hunting scene and the 8 day clock also recently serviced and the works taken apart and cleaned.
